Nama Om Vishnu padaya Krsna presthaya bhutale Srimate Jayapataka swamin iti namine,
Nama Acharya padaya Nitai kripa pradayine Gaura katha dhama daya nagara grama tarine”
om ajnana-timirandhasya jnananjana-salakaya caksur unmilitam yena tasmai sri-gurave namah
Dearest Gurumaharaj,
Please accept my respectful obeisances at the dust of your divine lotus feet
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
All glories to you Srila Gurudeva
I have no qualification to glorify you Gurudev. I'm so sinful that even after getting Krsna consciousness by the mercy of the Vaishnavas,I'm still a karmi,having my legs both on material and spiritual boats.But for my own purification I will try to glorify your ocean like qualities.
You are so merciful Gurudev that you are bestowing mercy to most sinful soul like me even though I don't deserve.
When I was a kid,whenever you would come to Bangalore I would come to you again and again to take blessings from Jagannath stick.
My father is working in Indian army and it has been 9 years since my father got transferred from Bangalore and whenever I hear that you are coming to Bangalore , I feel so bad that I can't serve you and take your blessings personally.
In 2017,by your mercy my father got transferred to Kanchrapara(West Bengal) and we got solemn opportunity to go to Mayapur on festival days and on holidays. In Mayapur I have so many unforgettable memories and shower of blessings from your Srila Gurudev. I got a chance to witness Ganga snana along with you during Bhishma Panchaka and how can I forget the bliss that I witnessed on your Vyasa Puja day-2018 & 19.
For the first time in 2018 we got the golden opportunity to attend Shantipur festival. I often use to hear the glories of Shantipur festival from HG Chaitanya avatari prabhu and Rasamayi mataji but I witnessed the bliss for the first time and it was ānanda..ānanda and ānanda and the icing on the top of the cake was I got your darshan in that very place.I was overwhelmed with bliss.
Then in 2020, my father got transferred to Dimapur(Nagaland).I used to feel left out that I cannot be in devotees association but to my surprise in this lockdown everything started online and I got the fortune to attend your online live classes on zoom. After hearing to the Chaitanya lila class from you Srila Gurudev, everyday I feel so much charged and energetic.
Despite of your health condition you never compromise with preaching and the love and dedication that you have towards Srila Prabhupada inspires me so much.
Whenever I see you I remember the following lines-
"ohe gurudeva! tava śrī caraṇa
sevi jeno āmi janama janama
ei āśīrvāda yāci abhājan
tabe pae sthān cāy"
I'm full of anarthas and I'm like a worm on stool. It's my dream to get initiated from you Srila Gurudev. Begging for your mercy and please don't leave this fallen soul alone as you are my only hope and saviour Srila Gurudev.
B.Kumuda Sowjanya (aspiring disciple)
ISKCON NRJD Bangalore
India
(Presently staying in Dimapur, Nagaland)